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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  Oh, ELLIE  !!! So, it's wait, adjust diet, and check again? Oh, gosh - how stressful. I mean the bleeding thing kind of stands alone - but I wonder if *some* of the other levels were off due to some combo of issues (her current bout of something) - so maybe, like you said things could potentially normalize....
You probably already looked up lab result anomalies and all of that? I wonder what else this long bleed time could be about. |
Thanks Everyone.
Yes, it is wait a few days, redraw for pancreas testing and CBC and then decide what to do. I'm sure the pancreas number will be high and in that case I will have to talk to her nutritionist about lowering her fat intake. If the CBC is normal, great. We will then probably blame it on platelets clumping together. If the numbers don't normalize I don't know what the vet is thinking is next and I don't think I want to... I mean, if it is immune mediated, the most prevalent treatment is steroids. Well, Ellie can't
be on steroids because of her liver. The last resort would be a spleenectomy and that may not even work. Low platelets can also mean a tumor. I don't know what to think. The low platelets may be connected to the extended bleed time and then we really would have a problem... I am seeing platelets and pancreatitis connected on Google. Anyone know if pancreatitis can lower them?
Now with her not feeling well I am all the more concerned.